The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-03-26

marring. The untrammeled charge or
the home Is her natural. born and in
alienable right as wife, and any
interference on my part would be
quite as silly as her interference with
one OF my paper contracts. She knows
quite as much about my business rs |
could find out by two hours OF daily
looking into hers"
"what do you do about presents TO
one anotheri'
1--WE rarely make them. Once /
saved from my allowance enough to
buy her a watch for birthday gift.
That money was long time coming,
and / stuck closely 10 my pipe for
months She was not happy at what l
had done, and frankly told me the rea-
son why. There was no provision in
our scheme by which she could do the
same. Then 1t struck me that while
had the 50 weekly for myself-say s3
clear of necessities, charging the other
81 TO the family fund for expenses
she had absolutely not penny she
could call her own. The $50 was a
trust fund, managed for the common
good; and while she had an item in her
omnibus bill for our joint presents to
our friends, there could be no indiyid-
ual presents made by any one except
myself. / can't give myself present.
I She could not give herself present.
If we took anything oct of the COM
mon fund, by agreement, then it was
not present but an appropriation for
her or my benefit. could make gifts
out Of my 90, but there was no possible
way b. which she, as an individual,
could personally make present to any
one She had no privy purse as | had.
Everything of that kind was joint--the
firms, so far as she was concerned.
Here / interfered, for the only time,
and insisted that 81 should be set apart
for her private use as absolutely as
my SO. Our little presents are made
from these private purses, and are not
worth mentioning"
allow does your wife get her brace
lets and sealskin sacques, and all thatY
Baldwin would be in pickle ii his
wife had your wife's chance"
"You are mistaken, i think. He
might at first, because his wife has
never been trusted; but not after she
grew accustomed 10 responsibility
Women are naturally much more
economical and prudent than we are.
have To insist upon my wife buying
such things out Of the surplus, for she
wants TO bank the money instead of
spending IL. Women do not like to
spend their own money on ornaments,
though they will squander other folks
money on them. Mrs. Baldwin never
felt that the salary her husband brings
home is not his nor hers, but tie family
revenue, in which she had with him
joint, equal and unawarded rights.
All extra money earn, aside of salary,
Is spent for Injuries for my wife and
children. in the disposition of this
extra money have equal voice with
| her, and often veto her proposal con-
corning it. If we can't agree, il goes
into the bank for my boys school
fund The extra appropriation bills
are the only ones / ever see or know
anything about
"But is this not a gift from your
ado / give her shoes and stockings
and bread and meatY The family"
provide these things alike for her and
for me. If Senator Jones votes for a
pension for some soldiers widow, does
ne or the people of the United States
-of whom he is only one-give it to
her? Ny salary is family revenue,
held in usufruct for its members. as
Herbert Spencer (echoing Thomas
Jeiferson) would have the land held
for the living; and so are all additions
TO il. The only money TO which
eau lay claim is my s. per week. Be
fore marriage my wife and / had in
diyidual rights TO property, and these
were fused together in a Joint estate
with Joint rights. The marriage ser
vice means something. Everybody
knows this Co be true where land is
concerned. No one will purchase real
property from married man or mar.
ried woman acting alone. Both parties
must unite in the sale 20 give it a
clear title. The same principle obtains
with salary as with land. IL belongs
equally 20 both. My s. and my wife's
s. are our individual and personal
property held in fee by special grant
and charter from the crown TO which
we owe allegiance and it's not one OF
Wild Olives. Neither one has any
more individual claim 10 the $j4 than
Queen Victoria or Lord Salisbury has
70 the S100,O00,00O yearly revenue
Great Britain receives from her tariff
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